Drought land ‘will be abandoned’ “In many ways [water] is the most dramatic expression of mismanagement of natural or nature-based assets […] The day a person or a community is bereft of water is the day that your chance of even the most basic life or livelihood is gone and economic activity seeps away. Unchecked…

“War destroys countries’ environments, not just their people. War and its effects have led to changes in the social, economic and environmental fabric […] It will take centuries to restore the natural environment of Iraq. […] Most of the infectious diseases and cancer are environmental diseases. When we talk about the environment we mean health.”…

Now, for the first time, a high-resolution map shows where underground aquifers store vast amounts of water. […The map project] has identified 273 trans-boundary aquifers: 68 in the Americas, 38 in Africa, 155 in Eastern and Western Europe and 12 in Asia. Each trans-boundary aquifer holds the potential for international conflict – if two countries…

As I prepared myself to write this post, I realized zero of my entries were tagged ‘poverty‘. But it’s clear how this blog has always circled the subject. Poverty is obviously causing various types of violence, conflict, crime, migration and malnutrition. Playing a pivotal role in a web of factors weaving a vicious downward spiral…

Even the relatively progressive newspaper I subscribe to (Danish Information) has been front page worried about the financial crisis bringing an end to environmental initiatives. Although it’s probably going to be true in many cases I have thought of it as fossilized thinking that going green should equal spending green. The key is to try…

Forest conservation can fight climate change and poverty “For the first time on this unprecedented scale, forest leaders, business representatives, donors, and community groups not only agreed on the pivotal role that forests can play in mitigating climate change but also mapped out a consensus action plan on concrete next steps. We now ask the…

on August 9, 2008, around 200 residents from barangays Cagusuan and Pagbabangnan raided the barracks of Cambayas Mining Corp. in Homonhon, eastern Samar. […] The attack was staged mostly by farmers who claimed that the mining company seized the lands awarded to them by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through a certificate…